Programs projects and lessons: States and Territories
Details and links (where available) of programs and projects in South Australia of relevance to the nutritional health of Indigenous peoples are provided here.
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Project Name: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Foodies
Project Summary: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander component of the South Australian Community Foodies project is still in its developing stages but further expansion and development is planned with a particular focus on rural and remote communities.
Contact: Saunders.Elizabeth@sagov.sa.gov.au
Project Name: Healthy Ways
Project Summary: Healthy Ways is a program for improving maternal and child health.
Contact: Ph: (08) 8226 6504
Project Name: Improving food supply for remote towns and Aboriginal communities
Project Summary: The aims of this work are to bring about increased awareness of rural food supply issues, and commence intersectoral and community action to improve rural food supply. Four main projects have been undertaken: The Food in Rural SA Survey, The Nutrition and Food Security in Remote South Australian Aboriginal Communities Project, The Food Supply in Rural SA Forum and Action Group and The Eat Well Outback SA Project.
View information: Centre for Health Promotion, Youth and Women's Health Service, SA
View website: Centre for Health Promotion, Youth and Women's Health Service, SA
Project Name: The Kuka Kanyini project
Project Summary: The main goal of the Kuka Kanyini project relates to managing country, conserving biodiversity, maintaining culture, providing employment and training and improving the diet of remote communities. This was initiated in 2003 as a pilot around the remote community of Watarru in the far north west Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. The project is a local community/government partnership funded by the South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage and the APY land management. The Kuka Kanyini model, it is hoped, will be extended throughout the APY Lands in time. The project continues to employ a minimum of 12 people on a full time basis, increasing the level of self esteem and valuing the 40,000 years information base of the local people to assist western science. By combining contemporary and traditional skills the local people are now able to best manage the land. To date, the increase in the physical activity by participants has assisted in the control of diabetes.
View website: Australian Wildlife Services
Project Name: Mai Wiru
Project Summary: The project aims to improve the health and wellbeing of Anangu tjuta (all Aboriginal people living on the AP Lands) by ensuring continuous access to safe, nutritious and affordable food as well as essential health items through community stores. Mai Wiru translates as 'good food' in Pitjantjatjara. As well as providing access to healthy, affordable food and adequate refrigeration, the Mai Wiru Policy ensures stores support health promotion and nutrition programs and the employment and training of Anangu workers under appropriate wages. The Mai Wiru Stores Policy project is one of two APY Lands COAG trial projects led by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA). Nganampa Health has managed the project, with DoHA has providing $1.5m of funding.
Project Information not available at this time
View website: Nganampa Health Council
Project Name: Nganampa Health Council Child and Maternal Health Program
Project Summary: The NHC Child and Maternal Health Program is run by the Nganampa Health Council (NHC ) and includes:
• An antenatal care program
• Development and delivery of Key Messages Health Education Packages for young mothers
• Child health program including: protocolised growth monitoring for under 5s, and targeted child health screening at ages 5, 10 and 14.
View website: Nganampa Health Council
Project Name: The Nutrition and Food Security in Remote South Australian Aboriginal Communities Project
Project Summary: The Centre for Health Promotion received funding from the Rural Health Support Education and Training fund of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care from 2002-2005. The purpose of this work was to: Increase regional nutritionists' capacity to support health and education workers in far remote SA Aboriginal communities in the Northern and Far Western and Upper Eyre health regions; to increase community health and education workers' nutrition knowledge and confidence to provide food preparation sessions to children and families; to Increase community awareness of demand for healthy food; and to increase retailer and community awareness of food cost and what can be done about it in remote communities.
View information: Centre for Health Promotion, Youth and Women's Health Service, SA
View website: Centre for Health Promotion, Youth and Women's Health Service, SA
Project Name: Yorke Penninsula Health Healthy for Life Program
Project Summary: The Healthy for Life Program is a Commonwealth Government initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The program aims to improve the availability of child and maternal health care; improve the prevention, early detection and management of chronic disease; and to improve long term health outcomes. The Healthy for Life Program is designed as a two phased program where Phase One establishes the current situation in respect to the Healthy for Life objectives while Phase Two delivers the services needed to achieve these objectives.
View information: Yorke Peninsula Health
View website: Spencer Gulf Rural Health School
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Project Name: CREATE healthy eating in schools .
Project Summary: A program supporting a whole school approach to healthy eating, with a focus on food services (eg canteens, OSHC, fundraiser's, sports days etc)
View website: Centre for Health Promotion, Youth and Women's Health Service, SA
Project Name: Healthier babies and preschoolers through child care services
Project Summary: The program focuses on nutritional health by supporting child care centres to provide healthy food. In partnership with the SA Child Care Nutrition Partnership the program has provided a menu planning tool which many centres use. The Food Matters newsletter also provides regular nutrition information, and a pamphlet on healthy eating for families. The Walk and Talk resource (developed in partnership with Noarlunga Health Services) promotes physical activity and language development for this age group.
View website: Centre for Health Promotion, Youth and Women's Health Service, SA
Project Name: The Food in Rural SA Survey
Project Summary: In 1999, a survey of rural food supply was undertaken. The study investigated the cost, quality and variety of the food supply in rural and remote parts of the state. It found that people living outside Adelaide and outside large rural centres generally paid more for food and had fewer fresh food choices. This was particularly evident in the smaller towns, the most remote locations, the most socioeconomically disadvantaged towns and places where there were no large shops. In addition, people in some remote areas needed to shop on or near the day of delivery in order to obtain good quality produce. The study was modelled on the Queensland Healthy Food Access Basket studies.
View website: Centre for Health Promotion, Youth and Women's Health Service, SA
Project Name: The Eat Well Outback SA Project
Project Summary: The Centre for Health Promotion was a partner in the Eat Well Outback SA project, which ran from 2001-2004, funded by the National Child Nutrition Program. This project aimed to improve the affordability, quality and variety of food in outback SA.
View website: Centre for Health Promotion, Youth and Women's Health Service, SA
Project Name: The Coorong Good Food Program
Project Summary: The Coorong Good Food Program is a collaborative initiative that promotes good food and nutrition in the rural Coorong community. As a result of this initiative several food outlets serve healthy food options, enabling community members and visitors to make good food choices. The program's objectives directly relate to positive health outcomes. It aims to promote good nutrition to the community, encourage the consumption of fruit and vegetables and minimal processed food, promote healthy lifestyle behaviours e.g. vegetable gardening, and to target the eating behaviour, nutrition knowledge and skills of children and their families.
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View website: The Heart Foundation
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